AOC Logic: Attacks on the Mainstream Media Are Ok … as Long as She Endorses Them

I’m so old that I remember when Democrats thought attacking the mainstream media was a serious threat to democracy.

Nah, that’s only when Trump does it, apparently.

Democrats and their cohorts on the activist left have been organizing boycotts of the New York Post over their cover image from last Thursday’s paper that ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) for dismissive remarks she made about 9/11 during a CAIR banquet back in late March.

Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-2) and Omar both retweeted the below tweet from a community activist in New York City:

“And also I think it is important to, to assert that I didn’t call for a boycott of the New York Post,” she said. “What I’m, I’m amplifying, I’m amplifying organizing that’s happening on the ground, and I, I do think that there’s a substantive difference between the two.”

Pressed on whether her goal was to force a change in the paper’s editorial policies or to simply hurt its bottom line, Ocasio-Cortez said her gesture was more of a show of support for those who were organizing the boycott.

“Well for me, my perspective is, my focus is actually less in endorsing it, my focus is less on the Post and [more on] the many bodega owners and building the power and solidarity of immigrant groups in New York City,” she said.

Say what? I mean, would this work for President Trump?

This formula would be great for @realDonaldTrump!“I think it is important to assert that I didn't call for a boycott of the failing New York Times… I'm amplifying organizing that's happening on the ground, and I do think that there's a substantive difference between the two.”

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